Sanhui Shin and Kokoro Isomura will play each other in the quarter of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sanhui Shin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sanhui Shin is the pick to win this match.
Sanhui Shin -> 1.48
Kokoro Isomura -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Sanhui Shin vs. Kokoro Isomura

This will be the 3rd time that Sanhui Shin and Kokoro Isomura play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Isomura won 2-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in M15 Tokyo back in 2024.

Sanhui Shin

Sanhui Shin

46 - 20win/loss

Hard
32-14
I Hard
10-5
Clay
4-1
Rank
366
High
366
WWLWLLLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 54-28 40-21 4-1 10-6 0-0 0-0
2024 27-22 19-15 1-2 7-4 0-1 0-0
2023 43-20 35-16 8-3 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 21-8 16-7 5-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 406, Shin reached the quarter after defeating Woobin Shin 7-5 7-6(4) and Fajing Sun 6-3 6-1.

In the 2nd round, Shin had a good straight sets win against Sun (6-3 6-1). During the match, Shin scored 73 points vs Sun’s 53. The Korean was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shin fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Sanhui Shin lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Shin put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Shin broke Sun 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Korean hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Shin has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (175-94). 32-14 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shin has a compiled129-73 record in the last 7 years on hard.

Sanhui’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Anning,M15 Andong,M25 Changwon and M15 Wuning.

The Korean has a compiled 46-20 win-loss record in 2025, 32-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger

Sanhui has never competed in this tournament before.

Zhangjiagang Challenger
Shin's Record

Kokoro Isomura

Kokoro Isomura

25 - 21win/loss

Hard
23-20
I Hard
2-1
Rank
540
High
424
LLLLLWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 34-31 32-29 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0
2024 39-25 27-18 6-4 6-3 0-0 0-0
2023 25-30 25-29 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 24-16 7-9 17-7 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 6-8 4-2 2-6 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 480, Kokoro reached the quarter after defeating Sergey Fomin 6-3 6-2 and Jie Cui 3-6 6-2 7-6(9).

In the 2nd round against Cui, Kokoro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 7-69). During the match Isomura and Cui scored the same amount of points (103). However, the world no. 406 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Kokoro was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Isomura blasted 9 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Kokoro Isomura lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Isomura put 58% of his first serves in, winning 71% (45/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (19/45) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Cui 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Isomura has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Kokoro’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Luan.

The Japanese has a compiled 25-21 win-loss record in 2025, 23-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Zhangjiagang Challenger
Isomura's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

S.Shin
K.Isomura
4h:06
4h:06
Time on court​
4h:19
4h:19
1h:44
1h:44
Last match​
!
3h:09
3h:09
2
2
Match played
2
2
41
41
Games Played​
47
47
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
161
161
Total points​
163
163
80.5
80.5
Avg point​
81.5
81.5
56
56
Winners
73
73
28
28
Avg Winners​
36.5
36.5
35%
35%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
17
17
1.5
1.5
Avg Aces
8.5
8.5
4
4
Double Faults
15
15
2
2
Avg Double Faults
!
7.5
7.5
56/81
56/81
1st won total​
73/96
73/96
69%
69%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
32/62
32/62
2nd won total​
32/70
32/70
52%
52%
2nd won %
46%
46%
-- Break Points --
10/22
10/22
BP won
7/10
7/10
5/11
5/11
Avg BP won
3.5/5
3.5/5
45%
45%
Won
!
70%
70%
16
16
Conceded
15
15
8
8
Avg Conceded
7.5
7.5
5
5
Broken
4
4
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
2
2
11
11
Saved
11
11

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shin Isomura
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 5
Tot Games 41 47
Pts 161-129 163-147
Total Points 290 310
Winners 56 73
%Winners 35% 45%

Both Shin and Isomura played 2 matches. At the moment, Kokoro Isomura lost 1 set while Sanhui Shin hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shin has played 1 set(s) less than Isomura (4 vs 5). Therefore, Shin played 6 games less than Isomura. Sanhui scored 56 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese bagged 73 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shin Isomura
Aces 3 17
Avg per match 1.5 8.5
1st in 81/143 96/166
%1st in 57% 58%
1st pts 56/81 73/96
%1st pts 69% 76%
2nd pts 32/62 32/70
%2nd pts 52% 46%

Shin bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Isomura scored 17 aces (8.5 per match). Shin won 69% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Isomura won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Shin Isomura
Won 10 7
Converted 10/22 7/10
% Converted 45% 70%
Conceded 16 15
Saved 11 11
% Saved 69% 73%
Times Broken 5 4

Shin broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Sanhui dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Isomura broke his opponents 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Kokoro conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Shin
R1
Shin
R2
Sun
Total
Score 7-5 7-64 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 25 16 41
pts 88-76 73-53 161-129
Total points 164 126 290
Winners 30 26 56
%Winners 34% 36% 35%
SERVE
Aces 1 2 3
Double Faults 2 2 4
1st in 44/84 37/59 81/143
% 1st in 52% 63% 57%
1st pts 30/44 26/37 56/81
% 1st pts 68% 70% 69%
2nd pts 22/40 10/22 32/62
% 2nd pts 55% 45% 52%
Breaks
Won 5 5 10
Converted 5/11 5/11 10/22
Converted % 45% 45% 45%
Conceded 11 5 16
Saved 7/11 4/5 11
Saved % 64% 80% 72%
Times Broken 4 1 5
Isomura
R1
Fomin
R2
Cui
Total
Score 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-2 7-69
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 17 30 47
pts 60-44 103-103 163-147
Total points 104 206 310
Winners 28 45 73
%Winners 47% 44% 45%
SERVE
Aces 8 9 17
Double Faults 6 9 15
1st in 33/58 63/108 96/166
% 1st in 57% 58% 58%
1st pts 28/33 45/63 73/96
% 1st pts 85% 71% 76%
2nd pts 13/25 19/45 32/70
% 2nd pts 52% 42% 46%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/5 4/5 7/10
Converted % 60% 80% 70%
Conceded 4 11 15
Saved 4/4 7/11 11
Saved % 100% 64% 82%
Times Broken 0 4 4

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